Deserted village in Serres regional unit, Greece
Steeple of bell tower at Banitsa (2006) Banitsa (Greek : Καρυαί - Karié, Bulgarian /Macedonian :[ 1] Banitsa or Banica , Ottoman Turkish :[ 2] بانيچه Turkish Baniçe ) is a deserted village in Serres regional unit , northern Greece . Its ruins are situated some 15 km north-east of the town of Serres , near the present-day village of Oreini , on the southern slopes of the Vrontous mountains. During the Ottoman period it had a Bulgarian population.[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] Greek Army during the Second Balkan War , and the population migrated to Bulgaria .[ 7] Mehomiya , Bachevo , Nevrokop , Sveti Vrach , and Novo Delchevo .
Banitsa was the site of the death of the Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary Gotse Delchev , who was killed in a skirmish with Ottoman police forces on 4 May 1903.[ 8]
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^ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г." Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.116-117.
^ Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика". София, 1900, стр.176. ^ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.198-199.
^ "Weekend - Към Бяло море по стъпките на Гоце - Стандарт" . Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2010 .^ Vanče Stojčev (2004). Military History of Macedonia . Skopje: Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski". ISBN 9989-134-05-7
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